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... in species may also affect the likelihood of toxicosis. Age and size of the animal are primary factors affecting toxicosis, as membrane permeability and hepatic and renal clearance capabilities vary with age, species, and health. And Nutritional and dietary factors, hormonal and health ...

I realize I am a few years late, but I see a lot of misinformation on this topic on the web, so I think it is important. Red blood cells have a lot of urea transporters and a lot of aquaporins (water channels). That is how urea and water get into the red blood cell. It is not the urea itself going i...

is it true that as the lipid water partition coefficient increases, the permeability of lipid increases and the permeability of water lowers. does that mean that a substance w/ a high lipid water partition coeffecient will be able to go through the cell membrane ...